Francis Hamilton Stuart

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Francis Hamilton Stuart (born July 20, 1912 in Melbourne , † February 1, 2007 ) was an Australian ambassador .

Life

Francis Hamilton Stuart attended the Geelong Church of England Grammar School , Brasenose College, Oxford and studied at the University of Oxford .

In 1940 he was appointed British Vice-Consul in Bangkok and in 1945 he joined the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs, serving in Paris, Jakarta and Singapore. From 1950 to 1953 he served in New Delhi as a delegation counselor and temporarily as chargé d'affaires and then took over the office of master of ceremonies at the Department of Foreign Affairs until 1956 .

A year later, Stuart was transferred to Phnom Penh , first as envoy and then as ambassador . From 1961 he was accredited as ambassador to Cairo ( United Arab Republic ) and from June 9, 1966 in Manila to Ferdinand Marcos . In the meantime he took over the representation of the Australian government at SEATO for one year in 1967 . From 1970 to September 21, 1973 he was High Commissioner and, after Pakistan's withdrawal from the Commonwealth of Nations , from January 31, 1972, Ambassador to Islamabad .

Finally, Stuart was appointed ambassador to Warsaw and Berlin on June 8, 1973, and was based in Warsaw from September 21, 1973 to September 8, 1977 .

predecessor Office successor
Walter Crocker Australian Chargé d'affaires in New Delhi
1950 to 1953 		Walter Crocker
Head of the Australian diplomatic mission in Phnom Penh from
1957 to 1961 		Noël Deschamps
John Paul Quinn Australian Ambassador to Cairo
1961 to 1966 		Lawrence John Lawrey
Alfred Thorp Stirling Australian Ambassador to Manila
June 9, 1966 to 1970 		James Charles Mgram
Lewis Harold Border Australian High Commissioner in Islamabad
August 20, 1970 to September 21, 1973 		Arthur Malcolm Morris
James Lloyd Appointed Australian Ambassador to Warsaw
June 8, 1973 from September 21, 1973 to September 8, 1977 accredited 		Robert Stephen Laurie

literature

  • Gordon Bilney: Diplomat served with style . in: The Canberra Times. Federal Capital Press of Australia, Canberra, March 17, 2007, p. B13.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Appointment of Australian Ambassador to the Polish People's Republic  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / pmtranscripts.dpmc.gov.au  
  2. ↑ Yearbook, 1965 - Chinese p. 54; Who's Who in Australia, Volume 17; Volumes 19-22, The Herald, 1965 - Australia, pp. 819


personal data
SURNAME Stuart, Francis Hamilton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian ambassador
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 2007